More than 250 delegates were in attendance at Studio Spaces in East London on Thursday 8 March for what is becoming the highlight of the boutique sector calendar.

This year, Sweat was expanded across three studios and included an Experiential Room with heart-pumping demonstrations from the latest innovations off the line at headline sponsor Technogym, as well as miha bodytec and Mindbody.

What do we value in our lives? I posed this question last week at a conference for the Local Government Association (LGA). I suggested that for most it’s a combination of a number of things: the welfare of the people closest to us, the quality and safety of our homes, and the strength of the local community where we work and relax. And, crucially, the health and happiness of our children as they grow up to become adults.

And it’s that final point that has been at the front of my mind this week. What can we do to make physical activity the golden thread that supports our children’s growth and happiness? How can we combat the rising physical and mental health challenges faced by young people in the UK today?

ukactive has today (12 March) launched a major new consultation that will shape the future of children’s physical activity across the UK.

Chair of ukactive and former Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has called for everyone from children and physical activity providers to social workers and policymakers, to feed into a new report focused on the opportunities to improve children’s health.

Resistance training and traditional cardio exercise have the same effects on the body, according to a new study by sport and exercise scientists at Southampton Solent University.

While experts have traditionally argued that resistance training and cardio confer different benefits on the human body, the new study showed that when both effort and exercise length were matched, outcomes were very similar.